בַּת bat

Hebrew word for “daughter” · Strong’s H1323 · used 588 times in 498 verses

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Meaning

: daughter; 1) daughter;

Senses in the lexicon

• daughter (542)
• daughter: village (45)
• Bath (Shua) (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for bat in context, with how often each is used:

• daughter 288
• daughters 279
• one of the daughters 6
• some of daughters 3
• any of daughters 3
• like the daughters 2
• ¿ a daughter 1
• any of the daughters 1
• among the daughters 1
• like a daughter 1
• more than daughters 1
• inlaid in 1

Where it is used

Also in 22 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 16 (11), Genesis 34 (10), Lamentations 2 (10), Genesis 5 (9), Genesis 11 (9), Exodus 2 (9), Genesis 29 (8), Genesis 19 (7), Genesis 24 (7), Genesis 31 (7)

Forms

• בת 203
• בנות 69
• ובנות 36
• בתו 20
• ובנותיה 20
• ובנתיה 18
• מבנות 16
• בתי 15
• בנתיו 14
• ובנתיך 9

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 111
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 63
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 75
• אֵם em “mother” 40
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 50
• צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 34
• שֵׁם shem “name” 50
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 46
• אָב av “father” 44
• אָחוֹת achot “sister” 25
• אַחַר achar “after” 31
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 31

Key verses

The verses using bat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 6:2 — That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
• Genesis 24:3 — And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the…
• Deuteronomy 13:6 — If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly,…
• Deuteronomy 18:10 — There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or…
• 1 Samuel 30:6 — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his…
• 1 Kings 16:31 — And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of…
• Jeremiah 9:1 — Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of…
• Lamentations 4:21 — Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make…
• Joel 2:28 — And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream…
• Zephaniah 3:14 — Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
• Zechariah 9:9 — Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.